Seven domains were assessed in the questionnaire (activity limitation, emotional function, eye symptoms, nasal symptoms, nonnasal symptoms, practical problems, and sleep problems) on a scale of 0 6.
The miniRQLQ has five domains: activity limitations, practical problems, nose symptoms, eye symptoms and non-nose/eye symptoms.
The RQLQ has 28 questions in 7 domains (activity limitation, sleep problems, nose symptoms, eye symptoms, nonnose noneye symptoms, practical problems, and emotional function) and each question was scaled from 0 (not impaired at all) to 6 (severely impaired).
As with the adult populations, there was a strong difference between perception of control (by children and their caregivers) and the practical issues of symptom management.
Music therapists' continuing post-qualification training, particularly the theoretical understanding of brain functions may also be a supporting factor for allowing music therapists to explain clients' health and provide practical methods of symptom management, taking neuroscientific research findings into account.
As indicated in Table 6, the pattern of problems most frequently raised during follow up contacts was similar to the initial care conference, with symptom, practical, and psychological problems being most common.
The three domains were: psychiatric symptoms, practical day-to-day functioning, and ability to work.
In the individual consultations, patients were asked to complete a practical checklist of symptoms, signs, feelings, as well as to rethink the traumatic events.
As in the initial care conference, the most common problem domains raised by patients in follow up contacts were related to symptoms, practical and psychological issues.
Other important determinants of delay included lack of confidence in detecting ovarian cancer symptoms, practical barriers such as being too busy and not wanting to waste the doctor's time, and emotional factors such as fear and embarrassment.
